Re: RFC 14 (v3) Modify open() to support FileObjects and

[Nathan Wiger]

> open "http://my.homepage.com"; # the file

Well, I think this is a bit of an edge case. If you really have a file
named this, it would have to be in UNIX, named:

   http:/my.homepage.com

So, you'd have a UNIX directory named "http:" containing the file
"my.homepage.com". The double // will get resolved because UNIX is nice
to you. But other OSes (at least Windows) won't let you even create such
a file.

However, I would argue that if you're creating files like this you may
be in the need of psychiatric help.* :-) And I don't think it's a
compelling enough argument to avoiding integrating URI support into
Perl.

Cheers,
Nate

P.S. The *'ed part is meant in a joking manner, please take it
lightheartedly. :-)